Fatema Mernissi for Our Times

Paola Bacchetta
Gender and Women's Studies
UC Berkeley

Minoo Moallem
Gender and Women's Studies
UC Berkeley


“Fatema Mernissi for Our Times” brought together international scholars for a conference to discuss women, gender, and sexuality issues in the Muslim and Arab worlds in light of the life and work of pioneer Moroccan feminist sociologist and writer Fatema Mernissi. A group of prominent feminist scholars gathered from various UC campuses and throughout the world to engage with Mernissi’s contributions in order to attain a critical understanding of Islam, feminism, and activism, transnationally.